The Laconia Daily Sun media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give The Laconia Daily Sun one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. We have seen it on 19 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Laconia Daily Sun biased?
The rating organisations do not give The Laconia Daily Sun one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Laconia Daily Sun left or right?
The rating organisations do not give The Laconia Daily Sun one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are Ad Fontes Media: Centre; Media Bias/Fact Check: Leans left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is The Laconia Daily Sun reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Laconia Daily Sun are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Laconia Daily Sun has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Laconia Daily Sun’s own report linked underneath.
Scientists have identified an icy object, named 2026 ED138, orbiting the sun beyond Pluto. The object's size is estimated between 600 and 1,500 kilometres in diameter. Classification as a dwarf planet depends on further study.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asAstronomers spot possible new dwarf planet beyond Pluto (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asHow Lula turned the tables on the right in Brazil and the US with his comeback presidential victory (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
The US Department of Agriculture has proposed repealing the Roadless Rule, a 2001 regulation that protects 58 million acres of national forest from development. The proposed change would remove protections from 44.7 million acres, prohibiting road construction and timber harvesting in remote areas.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asConservationists want Congress to do more to protect New England’s roadless areas (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
The US Navy has awarded RTX's Raytheon unit a contract worth up to $24.4 billion to speed up the production of Standard Missile-6 interceptors. The Pentagon stated the deal is intended to replenish missile stockpiles depleted by recent conflicts.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asRTX's Raytheon awarded $24.4 billion multi-year contract for SM-6 interceptors (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
Stacker compiled rankings of the hottest Augusts in Missouri and six other U.S. states using federal climate data. The 1936 August in Missouri averaged 83.9°F, the highest since records began in 1895. Outlets across the political spectrum published the findings, with varying emphasis on climate trends.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asHottest Octobers in New Hampshire since 1895 (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated he would discuss security, technology, and artificial intelligence with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He suggested cooperation between the US and China to foster peace and prosperity, while also indicating a preference for current regulatory frameworks over new multilateral constraints on AI.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asTrump frames unregulated AI as a way to keep ahead of China – but in fact, it harms US national security (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
A new study indicates that dogs, like humans, focus on consonants to identify individual words within spoken language. Researchers compared brain activity in dogs and people, finding that both species rely on consonant sounds to segment speech, suggesting that exposure to language can alter brain function.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asMan’s best listener? Dog brains segment speech similar to humans (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
A new report from the Climate Impact Lab estimates that the current El Niño event could lead to 451,000 additional heat-related deaths worldwide between September 2026 and February 2027. India is projected to experience 15,800 of these deaths.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asScientists warn record El Niño will bring deadly extreme heat (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
A major study combining bat genomes and fossils suggests the flying mammals first appeared in Europe around 65 million years ago, shortly after the extinction of the dinosaurs. The research also indicates that flight and echolocation evolved near the dawn of bat evolution.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asWhere did bats originate from? New research reveals answer (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
Three major news organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging a violation of First Amendment rights after their White House press credentials were revoked. The outlets seek immediate restoration of access.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asWhen presidents ban journalists from the White House, the First Amendment is not the only constitutional right at stake (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
Stanford University scientists have found that the human brain develops from two distinct progenitor cell populations, suggesting an evolutionary merging of two ancient nervous systems. This discovery could aid research into neurological diseases.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asScientists discover brain is actually two separate organs (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
Author Kim Stanley Robinson will not read aloud the first chapter of his novel 'The Ministry for the Future,' which depicts a heatwave causing 20 million deaths in India. He feels the scene is too graphic for public reading.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asFlood-damaged Nepal wants help from the global climate Loss and Damage Fund – but it’s waiting, along with 118 other countries (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
A major scientific report indicates Greenland and Antarctica have lost between 11.3 and 12.5 trillion tons of ice since 1979. This loss has contributed to a global sea level rise of approximately 3 to 3.14 centimeters, primarily driven by accelerated glacier flow into the ocean.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asGreenland and Antartica lost staggering amount of ice last 50 years (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
A study examining UK medical records found that semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, was associated with a nearly 40% reduction in asthma attacks and a 20% decrease in COPD flare-ups. Scientists suggest anti-inflammatory properties may be responsible, but caution that further trials are needed.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asStudy finds weight loss drugs linked to 40% drop in asthma attacks (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
A U.S.-backed company, North American Blue Energy Partners, is set to take over oilfields in Venezuela previously operated by Chinese and Russian firms. The deal grants the U.S. government a significant stake and preferential access to production.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asUnited States Government and North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP) Reach Historic Deal to Develop Venezuela's Oil Sector (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
Bearded capuchin monkeys hunt small animals like lizards and rodents when plant foods are scarce, according to a study published in PLOS One. Male monkeys hunt more frequently and target more dangerous prey than females, and both sexes prefer the fat-rich brains and guts of their prey.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asMonkeys hunt animals like lizards and snakes when fruit scarce (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
A major review of 80 randomized controlled trials found that nicotine e-cigarettes were more effective than nicotine replacement therapy for helping people quit smoking. The review involved nearly 30,000 participants and found no evidence of increased serious harm from using e-cigarettes to quit.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asDoes vaping help smokers quit more than gums and patches? (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order on 18 August 2026 imposing new restrictions on data center development, including local approval requirements and removal from fast-track permitting. The move reverses his earlier support for such projects and follows bipartisan opposition to their environmental and energy impacts.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asShapiro signs data center order barring fast-track permitting, NDAs (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
Andy Green, the only person to break the sound barrier in a car, set a new land speed record of 406.320 mph in a hydrogen-powered vehicle at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The JCB Hydromax, using modified construction engines, surpassed the previous hydrogen record by over 200 mph.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asHydrogen-powered car sets new world land speed record (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
Stacker compiled rankings of the hottest Augusts in Missouri and six other U.S. states using federal climate data. The 1936 August in Missouri averaged 83.9°F, the highest since records began in 1895. Outlets across the political spectrum published the findings, with varying emphasis on climate trends.
The Laconia Daily Sun reported it asHottest Augusts in New Hampshire since 1895 (opens The Laconia Daily Sun in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The Laconia Daily Sun.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- laconiadailysun.com
- Seen publishing on
- laconiadailysun.com
- Access
- Free to read
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 19
- Reports listed
- 20
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
20 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 4 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and The Laconia Daily Sun ran the story anyway.
Across the 19 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than The Laconia Daily Sun’s on 1 of them. Overall it filed a median of 30 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 2 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 2 November 2026. Ratings pulled 4 October 2026.
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